Bob Greene Quotes

I really trust Susan Stroman. I really think she knows what she's doing. I really trust Andrew Lippa and John August. I think they have proven themselves over and over again and know what to do, and they have the big picture in mind.

When I first came to NBC, I thought it was going to be swimming with the sharks, all men for themselves, be careful and all that. I have to tell you I learned that you can be kind and a hard worker and move up. You don't have to play dirty or do things that you think happens at big corporations.

Many of the crew members I work with and continue to work with were friends or have become close friends, and so we keep working together. And I like casting friends of mine or people I know in parts I know would be perfect for them. I like to bring things and people that mean something to me in to my work.

I'm usually always a big fan of the people that I'm working with, because I get to work with big people.

I started working with friends of mine and that, to some degree, continues.

I've learned that friendship does not equate business, business does not equate friendship.

The less friendly your relationship is on camera, the more useful it is to be friends with them off camera.

I'm fortunate enough to socialize with some of the greatest musicians around.

You're not best friends with someone just because you work with them, but you have to be able to at least work together, or there is no point.

I want everyone to do well and to be as successful as you can. Because at the end of the day, this game is about relationships and what you make of them.

Do deals with the people you want to work with, and the success will follow.

Most of the people that work for me are my friends, and I'd like to keep it that way.

I always try to show my human side to my colleagues and to the whole circuit. More than anything because we are all on the same train, it is part of our work.

The people I'm working with tend to be people I know, who are my friends, and I like hanging out with them. There's nothing better than making a long-term project with your friends. It's just dreamy.

Part of the reason my friends and I became successful is that we were always helping each other.

Getting along with others is the essence of getting ahead, success being linked with cooperation.

Learn to work with people you wouldn't go to lunch with.

Five women working together is never going to be easy. It's a lot. But God is so incredible, in terms of the timing, because we are all married with kids, in our late 30s and 40s. It's a different stage in our lives. It's not about who is going to be the one that's going to pop.

It wasn't an excuse. It was a fact. He'd had to make his way alone, and no one - not rock stars, not professional athletes, not software billionaires, and not even geniuses - ever makes it alone.

One of the nice things about the world of filmmaking is that you make friends in the business.

I like the chance to work on material. Sometimes it helps to not be going into a room cold and to know people.

You cannot succeed by yourself. It's hard to find a rich hermit.

Here is the basic rule for winning success. Let's mark it in the mind and remember it. The rule is: Success depends on the support of other people. The only hurdle between you and what you want to be in is the support of other people.

I only work with people I trust and respect.

Movies are hard to make, and you have to work toward a common ethic and do your best. You don't want to work with people who don't care or who are acting out some neurotic, crazy thesis on the set.